Package-tie.



J. BBNNOR.

Hamm: TIE.

APPLIGATION FILED 0012-6, 1908.

Patented 51111625.1999.

5 mx; Wto@ @/9/7 Ben/var' FozI e1 kbs narran erariale JOSEPH Bum-von, or MACON, erzoneranssienoa To COMFORT-Bannon 'rm COMPANY,

OF TIETON,I GEORGIA, A CORPORATION -OF GEORGIA.

No. aaeeee.

the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in that type of'packa 'e-t-ies' in which the cord or binder is secure to a lever-like lock'- ing member comprisin a shank having at one end a transverselyisposed head 'or cleat about which the free end of thebinder when properly passed around the package can-be wound or belayed, and the member then bodily swung or turned to a reverse position upon the package so as to exert additional tension upon the binder, said shank Vbeing provided at its opposite end `with a laterallyextending recessed or notched toe which can be slipped under the proximate stretch of the binder in al manner to maintain said member in locking relation with lthe binder and pac rage.

Prior to my invention the locking' members of the-package ties were constructed of stout wire, and by reason of their peculiar vformation they presented sharp corners 'and projecting parts which wereobjeetionable, particularly when used with packages of mail matter.4

My im rovement, generally stated, consists in t e provision-of -a package-tie 'in which the locking member is constructed of sheetmaterial and the parts thereof so formes and correlated that sharp'pro'jecting corners are avoided; that the-cord or binder can be readily attached thereto, and that the device remains in close-contact with, the package and efficiently performs its function; and further in the provision of a cord or binder having a protective covering adjacent the locking member, all of Which will be hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

n the drawings-Figure l is aaplan of by my device, the cord lor binder being@ wound or passed longitudinally and cross' E wise of the package. Fig. 7 is a view illus? trating va package as bound by a single Iwind Specification of Let-,tere Patent. f Application. led October 6,1903.- v Serial No456,402. l

4elevation of the locking mem er.

Pacman-Tm.

Patented aan@ 8,1909.

of the @era or binder. rig. e is' a'y'iew of .fr piece of cord or binder provided with aprot-ective covering of wire. F1 9 is an end -The locking-member is composed ci a single piece'of sheet material struck up to' f form Aa shank l, provided at `one end with .a transversely-extending head 2 which constrtutesa cleat, and at 'its other end with a laterally-extending notched toe 3 which con-' l stitutes a binder-enga ing portion, the head and toel being bent ownwardly and out-. Wardlyat an angleto the body of the shank, that is to say, the head 2 and toeB, when the locking member is in locked position, extend i. downwardly toward the package and by des of the shank,

their rejection at the si I they a so extend outwardly therefrom. The head is slightly bowed longitudinally so that its louter corners, which are rounded, bear upon the surface on which the device may be imposed, and the lower or louter'edge of the toe extends parallel to the head soA that such edge bears upon the underlying surface. The toe -is beveled fromthe outer corner of its base to a point near the body of the shank Where it terminates in a` notch or recess Il,

entering the toe 'coincident with the edge of theshauk, the upper corner 5 of the beveled edge being on the same horizontal .plane asv the upper surface of the shank, or substantially so. In the shank at a` point adjacent the cleat is an aperture 6 through which one end of the cord or binder'7 is pa'ed, and then knotted on the under side of the shank. The notch 4.and the aperture 6 are in a ,line

4at right angles to the T-head, or-substantially so,"and the outer edge of this head is providedw'ith, a recess 8 intermediate itslends.

. To use the above-descrbed device a package of-letters or apers is rinly grasped and held with the le t hand, thelocking member, with its .cleat and toe up-turned, being im posed uponv the package, longitudinally thereof, and the toe extending toward, the' user and under the thumb, as indicated in LFig. 3.. The cord or binder is then grasped with the right hand and passed forwardly off` I the package and under and around the same. Itis then drawn under one of the upwardlyprojecting limbs ofthe cleat', as indicated in Fig. 4;' then passed transversely, around the package, and then wound or belayed about i presented;

`the cor -1nits the free passage of the cleat, as indicated in Fig-. A5. The thumb is then removed from the toepiece and placed u on the free end of the cord or bindergt e device is bodily swung or turned to a reverse position upon the packave, by theright hand, and the toepiece is ally slipped under the taut cord or binder, as in dicated in Fig. 6. This completes the tying operation.-

In Fi or binder. is simply wound longitudinally of the package and secured by the locking member'.

` tis to be noted that the outer corners of the cleat serve as twobearings or fulcra. for the tion exerting, perforce, sion upon the binder and anadditional teneectually tighten the package.- It is'also angularity of the toepiece permits its easy passage under the contiguous stretch of the binder, and` that the lrelation of rthis notchl to the edge of. the

shank and theaperturepermits the binder readily to enter the notch and lie iush, or substantially so, with the upper surface of the shank. It is further to be noted that the recess 8 in the lower edge of the cleat perthe crd beneath thecleat when the device is turned to locking position upon the package, and thus insures the unifornr bearing of the cornerf'sof the cleat upon the package; and finally that `When the device has been thus applied to the package no pipjecting points or corners are The operation of untying the package is quite simple. The package, with its lower left hand corner toward grasped with the lei't hand. The cord or binder is then grasped just above the toepiece-with the thumb and :tore-finger of the right hand, and the toe-piece is pushed from under' the binder by the thumb. This being done, the locking device flies back into the right hand, `and upon being seized and 'pulled Ifrom the person, the device with the attached binder will be completely disengagfedlroin thepackage. y p Asa simple anddreii'ieient' means to protect .the cord or binderfrom wear at the points where the tee-piece is slipped under the cord and where the end of the. locking member .rubs on the cord when it is turned over to be fastened, I preferably coat the end of the cord, adjacent to said member, with celluloid or other suitable lprotective substance,

as indicated at 9. The cord or binder can be advantageously provided at the thereof engaged by the toe-piece withA a part pro 7 is-illustrated a package in which device in turning the same, such opera the person, isf

tective metal sleeve or a covering of close1y wrapped wire, 1.0, F ig. 8.

i claimei l. ln' a pachagetie, a locking meinbei formed of sheet material struck up to provide a shank, a transverselyextending cleat at one end thereof, and a laterally projecting toepiece at the other end, said cleat and tocpiece being bent downwardly and outwardly at an angle to the body of the shank.

2. In a package-tie, va 'locking member comprising a shank, a transverselyextend ingcleat at one end thereof, and alaterally projecting toe-piece at the 'other end having a notch extending longitudinally of the shank, said 'cleat and toe-piece being bent downwardly and outwardly at an angle to the body o1 the shank.

' n a package-tie, a lockin member comprising a shank, a' transverse 7-extending-cleat at one end thereof, and a laterally projecting toe-piece at the other end,` said cleat and toe-piece being bent'downwardly and outwardly at an. angle te the body of thc shank, and the toepiece having-,a beveled lateral edge the upper portion of'which terminates in a longitudinal notch coincident with the edge of the slnik.

et, ln a'packagetie, a lookin" member comprising' a shank, a transverse y-extending cleat at one end thereof and a laterallyprojecting toe-piece at the other end, said cleat and toe-piece being bent downwardly and outwardly at an angle to the body of the shank, and said shank being provided adjacent the cleat with an aperture for the reception of a cord or binder. v

5. In a' package tie, a locking member comprising a shank, a transversely-extend ing cleat at one end thereof, and a laterallyj projecting toe-piece at the other end, said cleat and toe-p1ece being bent downwardly and outwardly at an. angle to the body of the shank, the lower edge of the cleat beingr recessed between its ends, the shank having llO 

